Abstract
This chapter examines the concept of proper medical treatment in relation to lawful abortion, particularly in light of the campaign to decriminalise abortion altogether. It sketches a spectrum of proper medical treatment, from the paradigmatically proper to the liminally proper, and considers abortion against this spectrum. Rejecting both the suggestion that lawful abortion is always paradigmatically proper treatment, and the claim that it can only ever be “liminally” proper at best, an account is developed in which the status of abortion depends upon a range of factors, including the grounds upon which it is performed and public interests considerations.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Legitimacy of Medical Treatment |
| Subtitle of host publication | What Role for the Medical Exception? |
| Editors | Sara Fovargue, Alexandra Mullock |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Pages | 124-140 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Publication status | Published - 18 Aug 2015 |
Publication series
| Name | Biomedical Law and Ethics Library |
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| Publisher | Routledge |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Keywords
- abortion
- medical treatment
- Abortion Act 1967
- criminal Law
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